Through-The-Keyhole, Dallas’ oldest miniature store, has been owned and operated by the mother/daughter team of Dorothy Harrison and Gayle Harrison Pompa since 1974.

Gayle and her mother, Dorothy (who is in her 90s), do not want to close but have been losing money every month for a long time now. With the availability of miniatures online and fewer little girls interested in owning a traditional old dollhouse, they just can’t stay open. Read the full article here

It is so sad to see small niche businesses such as these forced to close due to the changing world in which we live.